[CTRL] Fwd: Letter re Hopsicker
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 12/3/04 8:25:16 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We'll be fair and post this outside message, too? - AC -- OK. And your point is what? There is nothing factual, so what? Peace, Om K ctrl To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om 2">--- Begin Message --- -Caveat Lector- We'll be fair and post this outside message, too? - AC -- From: <> Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 22:25:30 -0500 To: Alex Constantine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Re: Gwine to New York Alex, Hopsicker is a pompous drug fiend with no redeeming values. I don't know the other guy so I can't insult him. Hopsicker has a different take that I never quite understood on 9/11. People are so strange... I love Yoko and her music as I did John. Such a tragic loss. I cry and cry when I see that documentary of the two of them and I don't cry very easily, nope. What also brings me to tears is to see Tupac in anything, such a beautiful man..probably because I know they killed him from your book. Oh, and Michael Hutchance, and Jimi Hendrix, such a dear, kind unpretentious loveable guy. I better stop before I bring back up the tears... You have such interesting work, I envy you. Enjoy NYC and much love to you, D. www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/";>ctrl To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om --- End Message ---
[CTRL] U.S. ACCUSED OF USING NAPALM IN FALLUJAH
-Caveat Lector- IRAQ U.S. ACCUSED OF USING NAPALM IN FALLUJAH PAUL GILFEATHER, SUNDAY MIRROR, UK - US troops are secretly using outlawed napalm gas to wipe out remaining insurgents in and around Fallujah. News that President George W. Bush has sanctioned the use of napalm, a deadly cocktail of polystyrene and jet fuel banned by the United Nations in 1980, will stun governments around the world. And last night Tony Blair was dragged into the row as furious Labour MPs demanded he face the Commons over it. Reports claim that innocent civilians have died in napalm attacks, which turn victims into human fireballs as the gel bonds flames to flesh. Outraged critics have also demanded that Mr Blair threatens to withdraw British troops from Iraq unless the US abandons one of the world's most reviled weapons. Halifax Labour MP Alice Mahon said: "I am calling on Mr Blair to make an emergency statement to the Commons to explain why this is happening. It begs the question: 'Did we know about this hideous weapon's use in Iraq?'" Since the American assault on Fallujah there have been reports of "melted" corpses, which appeared to have napalm injuries. Last August the US was forced to admit using the gas in Iraq. A 1980 UN convention banned the use of napalm against civilians - after pictures of a naked girl victim fleeing in Vietnam shocked the world. America, which didn't ratify the treaty, is the only country in the world still using the weapon. ISLAM ON LINE, AUGUST 10 - The United States admitted dropping the internationally-banned incendiary weapon of napalm on Iraq, despite earlier denials by the Pentagon that the "horrible" weapon had not been used in the three-week invasion. An upgraded type of the weapon, a terrifying mixture of jet fuel and polystyrene that sticks to skin as it burns, was used in March and April 2003, when dozens of napalm bombs were dropped near bridges over the Saddam Canal and the Tigris river, south of Baghdad, the Independent reported Sunday, August 10. "We napalmed both those [bridge] approaches," the paper quoted Colonel James Alles, commander of Marine Air Group 11, as saying. "Unfortunately there were people there ... you could see them in the [cockpit] video. They were Iraqi soldiers. It's no great way to die," said Alles. On March 22 a correspondent for Sydney Morning Herald, traveling with U.S. marines reported that napalm was used in an attack on Iraqi troops at Safwan Hill, near the Kuwait border. His account was based on statements by two U.S. marines officers on the ground. "Safwan Hill went up in a huge fireball and the observation post was obliterated. I pity anyone who is in there," a Marine sergeant said. The Pentagon insisted at the time the statement was "patently false". "The U.S. took napalm out of service in the 1970s. We completed the destruction of our last batch of napalm on April 4, 2001, and no longer maintain any stocks of napalm," Lieutenant-Commander Jeff Davis, from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Defense had said. But a Pentagon official told Agence France-Presse on Thursday that U.S. forces used the new type against Iraqi forces in their drive towards Baghdad and defended their use as legal and necessary. The official, who did not wish to be identified, said that U.S. marines jets dropped the fire bombs at least once to destroy Iraqi positions at Safwan. "The generals love napalm, … it has a big psychological efffect," the paper quoted Alles as saying. Marine Corps Maj-Gen Jim Amos confirmed to the paper that napalm was used on several occasions in the invasion. . . The Pentagon said it had not tried to deceive. It drew a distinction between traditional napalm, first invented in 1942, and the weapons dropped in Iraq, which it calls Mark 77 firebombs. They weigh 510lbs, and consist of 44lbs of polystyrene-like gel and 63 gallons of jet fuel. John Pike, director of the military studies group Global Security, said: "You can call it something other than napalm but it is still napalm. It has been reformulated in the sense that they now use a different petroleum distillate, but that is it. The U.S. is the only country that has used napalm for a long time. I am not aware of any other country that uses it." Musil said the Pentagon's effort to draw a distinction between the weapons was outrageous. "It's Orwellian. They do not want the public to know. It's a lie," he said. www.islamonline.net/English/News/2003-08/10/article10.shtml ISLAM ON LINE - The United States has refuted [1] media reports that its forces have gassed people in the western Baghdad city of Fallujah. Such press reports are "untrue," Patricial Kabra, the Consul for Press and Cultural Affairs in the US Embassy in Doha, Qatar, said in a letter sent to IslamOnline.net on Wednesday, November 24. The letter came almost two weeks after IOL published a report by the London-based Al-Qud
[CTRL] When Our Dollars Come Marching Home
-Caveat Lector- When Our Dollars Come Marching Home December 3, 2004 Richard Benson is president of Specialty Finance Group, LLC , offering diversified investment banking services. The financial and popular press has lately focused on the now obvious problems for the dollar created from our massive budget and trade deficits. Indeed, everyone now realizes that for the deficits to be brought into balance, the dollar must go down. It seems that virtually every financial pundit, though, still assumes that not only will the Asian and other foreign central banks continue to accumulate dollar assets forever, but that “those foreigners will never spend their dollars”. However, very little is written about what will happen when all the dollars, built up as foreign central bank and private holdings, get spent. Indeed, we believe that not only will the dollars get spent, but this spending will have massive inflationary implications for America. Up to now, foreign central banks – particularly the Asian central banks that currently hold over $1 trillion in dollar assets – have had every reason to accumulate as many dollar credits, in the form of U.S. treasury securities, as possible. Accumulating these dollar assets has cost foreign central banks nothing as long as they have a trade surplus and can print up more of their own currency for free and swap their free money for U.S. treasuries. Rather than spending their dollars today, America’s trade partners are saving them so they can be spent tomorrow. Moreover, as long as our dollars are happily accepted by countries that produce oil, raw materials, and goods and services they need, America’s trade partners can profit in the future in exchange for paying nothing today, simply by running mercantilist policies! Another perspective on what is happening is if trade flows were currently matched, foreign countries would not be building up dollar credits; they would be spending dollars “taken in trade today”! This dollar spending would increase the demand for goods and services in America and raise prices, creating inflation. The very fact that foreign countries have not been spending their dollars now but are, instead, storing up massive dollar credits, means there is going to be a whole lot of dollar spending in the future. One can compare this to a huge dam filling up with dollar credits, but look out when this “dollar dam” breaks and the pent up dollar reserves flow out and flood America. Sooner or later all currencies come home to their native country to be spent, but as long as the dollar is viewed as the international reserve currency, the process of massive credit and dollar inflation showing up is delayed. The fact that the dollar has been the world reserve currency simply means that the dam full of dollars has been allowed to fill up higher than anyone could have ever imagined. Take China as a shinning example. China has amassed over $500 billion in dollar credits and is a developing country with 1.3 billion hungry, needy and politically restless people. The Chinese government has built up dollar credits temporarily, but as their citizens learn more about the good life – which includes electricity, heat, air conditioning, two cars and meat in their diet – the government may have to share some of its wealth with them. Not only is it possible for the trade deficit to swing into balance if this occurs, but all those dollar credits will get spent while they are still worth something. What is on China’s shopping list? Already announced are purchases of Noranda and Husky in Canada, the large mining and energy groups, as well as other significant investments in synthetic oil (tar sands). A major Chinese supplier of automobile parts has been buying up rustbelt auto part suppliers in the American Midwest. President Hu of China just came back from Latin America and announced plans to invest over $30 billion in Argentina and Brazil in order to build plants that are needed to extract raw materials. We expect that China’s shopping list will continue to grow and they will start buying up the world with America’s money! How do our dollars finally get back home to our country? Well, if China does buy Noranda, the Canadians can invade shopping malls south of the border. If China also buys Latin American resources, Latin Americans can then buy the rest of Miami. As dollars get spent and move from country to country like a hot potato, eventually the dollars will come marching home because a dollar will always buy something in America, even if it isn’t very much. The fact that dollar credits will get spent will help pressure the dollar far more than is currently appreciated. There are reports that the average man in China is already willing to stand in a long line at a bank to convert dollars into the Renminbi; they have already dumped over $20 billion of U.S. dollars this year. How many Americans do you know are willing to wait in line to dump their dollars, other than
Re: [CTRL] Lee Harvey Malvo
-Caveat Lector- Alex, I have no idea who malvo is, nor is he my bud. He is one of many who send me unsolcited emails, such as yourself. Sometimes, I forward the messages on, sometimes not. Sometimes my computer screws up and I don't even see messages and I delete many without opening and only read a percentage of the hundreds of email I receive each day, so I see what I see. As you may remember, Mr. Malvo sent me a "derrogatory email concerning yourself. I did not post this to my lists but forwarded it to you as private email. You responded to the accusations. Now, I have no idea of what your motives are for your recent actions, but when I look at the situation I notice that you are making charges based on a completely wrong read and are making baseless accusations. So far you have made no case of any factual basis and have diminshed your credibility by the use of slanted rhetoric and false charges. Ones that could have been resolved in a much different way. Why all the drama? As he Good Lord says, "Ya know, before you go-off down the road, you should really think about it." Actions begat. And has every parent knows, children are what they are, not what you may wish them to be. Black and white the world is not. The pregnant paws its way towards dawn. The little dog laughed to see such a sight. "HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, AND TO ALL A GOOD-NIGHT!" Peace, Om K Peace, Om K In a message dated 12/3/04 2:30:27 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Kris: Nice work. I'm sitting here at my desk in Langley, and George Tenet and I have been going over your discussions list with our PROMIS software. Your message just came through, and everyone turned exotic colors, scrambled out of CIA HQ in a blind panic. You gave them quite a start. Tagged us good. I think the opinion you express below is a little emotional, so I'll overlook it. Is Daniel on "meds?" I've always been divisive, you know... Uh-oh, the screen just burped up the url of a discussion list that needs dividing. That's what I get paid for, you know ... You can call NBC at 818-840- to get the switchboard. Let us all know what they tell you. Why don't you explain who Malvo is? He's YOUR bud. - AC on 12/3/04 9:46 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is this? Nothing substantial or factual just emotive issues used to try to discredit and divide. Peace, Om K In a message dated 12/2/04 11:47:01 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: "Who would believe a guy who calls himself Lee Harvey Malvo?" - Linda Minor "K., Isn't that a pedophile from Monterey in your trunk?" - Alex Constantine ctrl To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om 2">
[CTRL] Fwd: Military Uses Networks to Spread Misinformation
-Caveat Lector- www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ ctrl To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om --- Begin Message --- -Caveat Lector- http://imagicke.blogspot.com/2004/12/psy-op-military-uses-networks-to.html Psy-Op: Military Uses Networks to Spread Misinformation The U.S. military is reportedly distributing misinformation to the media as part of a campaign of psychological operations. The Los Angeles Times uncovered how the military sent spokespersons to major news networks to deliberately lie about military operations in Iraq in an effort to deceive the Iraqi resistance. We speak with retired Air Force Colonel Sam Gardiner. [includes rush transcript] --- The U.S. military is reportedly distributing misinformation to the media as part of a campaign of psychological operations. This according to a report in the Los Angeles Times. The paper has uncovered incidents where the military has sent spokespersons to major news networks to deliberately lie about military operations in Iraq in an effort to deceive the Iraqi resistance. In one case, on Oct. 14, a Marine spokesperson appeared on CNN from Fallujah and said "Troops crossed the line of departure." CNN was soon reporting the battle for Fallujah had begun. In fact it wouldn't begin for another three weeks. A senior Pentagon official told CNN that Gilbert's remarks were "technically true but misleading." It was an attempt to get CNN "to report something not true," the official said. The military claimed it wanted to see how Iraqi fighters responded to the so-called news report. Several top officials told the LA Times that they see a danger of blurring what are supposed to be well-defined lines between the stated mission of military public affairs and psychological and information operations. One senior defense official told the paper "The movement of information has gone from the public affairs world to the psychological operations world. What's at stake is the credibility of people in uniform." Col. Sam Gardiner, retired Air Force Colonel. He has taught strategy and military operations at the National War College, AirWar College and Naval War College. RUSH TRANSCRIPT AMY GOODMAN: We are joined on the phone by Colonel Sam Gardiner. He's a retired Air Force colonel. He's taught strategy and military operations at National Air War College and Naval War College. We welcome you to Democracy Now! SAM GARDINER: Good morning, Amy. AMY GOODMAN: Your response to this latest report? SAM GARDINER: Well it's actually more of the same. Interesting to me that people would pick up on this right now because it was so pervasive before and during Gulf 2. This is just a small incident compared to what we have seen before. The real distinction, however, is in the past, most of these falsehoods, psychological operations, strategic communications, themes came from civilians. This is one of the first times when a military officer has actually and visibly crossed the line. And that's a big deal because the military is the only profession I know where lying is a criminal offense. In the uniform code of military justice, it is a court martial offense for an officer to tell a lie. And frankly, this lieutenant who talked to CNN is subjected himself to potential court martial. AMY GOODMAN: Last night, watching FOX, the former House Speaker Newt Gingrich basically said whatever it takes to protect our troops. SAM GARDINER: But Amy, we are supposed to be protecting democracy. The troops have taken an oath to protect democracy. And if we destroy democracy to protect the troops, something's gone terribly wrong. I think--I couldn't disagree more with Newt Gingrich. The other part of that, Amy, is as a former officer, this just is sort of goes to my essence. And that's the notion that an officer's word is his bond. Whether he i
[CTRL] Fwd: Who Rules Afghanistan?
-Caveat Lector- www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substanceânot soap-boxingâplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'âwith its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsâis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ ctrl To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om --- Begin Message --- -Caveat Lector- http://imagicke.blogspot.com/2004/12/who-rules-afghanistan.html Who Rules Afghanistan? Who Rules Afghanistan by Christian Parenti It is noon in northern Afghanistan, Balkh province. The autumn sky is empty and bright. A tough 60-year-old farmer named Mamood sits for an interview in the shade of a tree. Surrounding us in all directions are fields of marijuana on the verge of harvest. The plants are tall, thick and fragrant, their dark green flowers glistening with potent oils. Soon the crop will be cut, dried and beaten against linen in small rooms to extract the resin that makes hashish. It's dirty work that falls primarily to women and children. The rooms fill with dust; asthma is a common occupational hazard. In a month the farmers will sow these same fields with opium poppy. After each crop come the marauding gunmen who collect "taxes" of 20 percent on the harvest. "In the past few weeks they've taken money, some vehicles and kidnapped a girl," says Mamood. "They work for the commanders. They take whatever they want and they will kill you if you try and stop them. When you hear 'commander' just think 'thief' or 'murderer.' That is all they are." Mamood is not talking about the Taliban or Al Qaeda but rather about Afghanistan's mujahedeen warlords, or jangsalaran in Dari. These men are America's allies, central players in the international effort to rebuild a state in the world's third-poorest country. These are the same men who killed 40,000-50,000 civilians during their factional fighting in Kabul between 1992 and 1994. Under their rule chaos reigned in much of the countryside: Militias raped, plundered and destroyed the economy. At times there were between ten and fourteen separate currencies circulating, each printed by a different commander. Whole villages fled; trade and agriculture broke down. As John Sifton of Human Rights Watch puts it, "What these guys did made Sarajevo look like kindergarten." Now, instead of being treated as part of the problem and hunted down, the jangsalaran are being folded into government and given new power and legitimacy by the UN and the US-backed government of Hamid Karzai. The "commanders" now use titles like "security chief," "governor," "minister" or even "presidential candidate." International administrators justify the political inclusion of these mujahedeen commanders as "the price of peace." Indeed, a return to the open factional warfare of the early 1990s is unlikely. But neither is Afghanistan headed toward real peace and prosperity. Instead, this country of 20-25 million inhabitants is an embryonic narco-mafia state, where politics rely on paramilitary networks engaged in everything from poppy farming, heroin processing and vote rigging to extortion and the commercial smuggling of commodities like electronics and auto parts. And while the Western pundit class applauds the recent Afghan elections, the people here suffer renewed exploitation at the hands of America's local partners. Back under the tree in the marijuana fields, Mamood is joined by other farmers, who recount a litany of depredations. "A few weeks ago I had two motorcycles stolen," says Saja Hudin, who also lives and farms in this rural community two hours from Mazar-i-Sharif. "I had a guest and we were going to work some of my land near Kudbarq. Two gunmen stopped us. I thought they were security or I would have tried to escape. They took both motorcycles and all my money. I was holding 12,000 afghani for a cousin. One of the men wanted to kill us, the other stopped him. Now I am in debt." Hudin says that one of the perpetrators was the nephew of a local commander, Shafi Dewana. "Dewana means crazy," says another man in English. Saja Hudin reported the theft to the authorities--but in Balkh province people like Crazy Shafi are th
[CTRL] [Fwd: [WORLD_URBAN_FORUM_VANCOUVER] Tucker v Canada's Bimbo Savant]
-Caveat Lector- Original Message Subject: [WORLD_URBAN_FORUM_VANCOUVER] Tucker v Canada's Bimbo Savant From:"Party of Citizens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date:Fri, December 3, 2004 1:46 pm To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Half the time we don't know what Carolyn Parrish is saying and the other half of the time we are astonished by her political acumen. Now as for the smart Canadians going states-side, that was a low blow, Tucker. There are ~1,000,000 Canadian-Americans and ~1,000,000 American-Canadians. But let's have a contest for WUF Vancouver which will be attended by thousands of global citizens in 2006. BC has a precedent in the way of a "city-built-anew". Bamberton, launched under the government of Premier Harcourt, has been put on the back burner but it gives us a precedent. So let's have a contest to design a city-built-anew for ~1,000,000 North American citizens and we'll see who has the smarter citizens. Z Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/qkHolB/TM ~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WORLD_URBAN_FORUM_VANCOUVER/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/";>ctrl To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Fwd: [cia-drugs] THE COST OF FREEDOM
-Caveat Lector- www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ ctrl To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om --- Begin Message --- -Caveat Lector- In America today, the price of being a real investigator doing real investigative journalism includes being attacked regularly by representatives of the Space Brothers, the Phony Bought Off Left, scam artists, Ponzi schemers, and people whose heads magnetically point to True North...to name just a few. The reason is that there aren't supposed to BE any real investigators in America anymore, the better to highlight breathless revelations about the 9.11 attack by clueless theologians from California and former "detectives" (who in truth probably couldn't find their ass in the dark with both hands) purporting to be the very hounds of hell on the trail of the seemingly-unshaken Dick Cheney. During the past several years I have been responsible for major discoveries which include the only extant photograph of the CIA's super-secret assassination squad Operation 40 (which features America's current CIA Directer Porter Goss and a host of people whose names are synonymous with America's recent secret history); exposing the ownership by international crooks and bagmen of the election company which counts one in every three American votes; and the fact that Mohamed Atta's Hamburg cadre went to a flight school whose owner's Lear jet was busted with 43 pounds of heroin aboard... To name just a few. It is a record unequalled in contemporary American journalism. And, of course, it comes with a cost: the stunning revelations in "Welcome to Terrorland," that American officials were engaged in narcotics trafficking with Osama bin Laden's thugs before the 9.11 attack, have been assiduously avoided by the mainstream media. But it has its compensations as well. Chief among them is knowing that, if the measure of a man can be found by his enemies...then I am, indeed, living large, and well. I have no need to defend myself against people who are, as a correspondent informed me just today, "govt inclined and owned, FBI and... cultists." But I do confess to a desire to inspire the enemies of truth behind these attacks to sic on me more interesting and worthy attack dogs than the third-and fourth-rate crackheads they have insulted me with so far. And I have no desire to inflict pain on anyone who believes they are, or have been, "subjected to a gruelling daily regimen of torture rendered from a remote source," and "once witnessed magnets repelled from my cranium." I am by nature a kindly person, who believes that when someone tells me "Have a nice day," they really mean it; and that "Love Animals Don't Eat Them" truly represents the accumulated wisdom of our race. So I magnanimously offer here the result of a 30-second search on Lexis-Nexis: a press release from Medialink and NBC (I had nothing to do with it, and had never, in fact, known of its existence until moments ago) about a long-and-probably justly forgotten business show I used to do which has of late become, for some poor souls, of consuming interest. And since I should be open to the idea that I may have something to learn from people who make their living stealing money from widows and orphans, should anyone find my previous career as a business and industrial producer to be even MORE endlessly fascinating than they do already... I will endeavor to have my former television distributor dig through ten-year old records for receipts of checks from NBC (for a nominal search fee of just $10,000, which is more than fair, since I'll no doubt have to split the money with the distributor to entice them to dig through old records.) Anyone interested should contact me soonest. (Being a real muckraker, as opposed to a Phony Dissident, is not particularly financially rewarding, and I could use the money as a Christmas stocking-stuffer.) daniel hopsicker - Copyright 1996 Haymarket Publishing Se
Re: [CTRL] constantine; Fwd: Fw: From Nexis - no transcripts but postings do exist -- notice these are from 1996
-Caveat Lector- www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ ctrl To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om --- Begin Message --- -Caveat Lector- - Original Message - From: Lois Ann Battuello To: Linda Minor Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 11:51 AM Subject: From Nexis - no transcripts but postings do exist -- notice these are from 1996 Copyright 1996 Haymarket Publishing Services Ltd PR Week January 26, 1996LENGTH: 131 wordsHEADLINE: Media: Medialink wins NBC exclusiveBODY:Medialink has been appointed as the exclusive provider of video news releases to Global Business 2000, the business television show which launches this month on NBC's satellite services covering Asia and Europe. The deal, struck with the show's US-based production company Economic Television, will see Medialink provide the programme with any appropriate VNRs' suitable for the show's business audience, said Medialink's vice chairman David Davis.The show's launch is part of NBC's revamp of its international programme service and the formal launch of NBC Asia on 15 January.NBC, which is already available in Europe through NBC Super Channel, has launched both an entertainment station and a 24-hour news and business station under the NBC Asia banner. -- Copyright 1996 M2 Communications Ltd. M2 PRESSWIRE April 10, 1996LENGTH: 209 wordsHEADLINE: ECONOMIC TELEVISION Millions view "WebCruise" on TV news as "JumpCity!" launchesDATELINE: LOS ANGELES, CAHIGHLIGHT:New primetime TV show about the Internet to debutBODY:Millions of consumers this weekend watched a first-ever three minute feature news segment called "WebCruise!" which showcased three popular sites on the World Wide Web, bringing pictures of the wired revolution to watchers of network news."WebCruise was our way of testing the waters with TV news directors, who really have a finger on the pulse of what people want. They jumped on this story, and it really reinforces our belief that this is THE time to launch our Primetime reality-based entertainment series about the Internet," stated "JumpCity!" producer Daniel Hopsicker."We think the Internet's the biggest consumer phenomenon since the hula hoop, and it clearly deserves a show conveying the gleeful fun and sheer joy of 'cyberpilots' worldwide.""WebCruise" will be a weekly feature, both going to satellite as news, and playing as a segment on "Global Business 2000," which airs on NBC internationally, as well as inflight on flagship carriers like United and USAir. Its designer to help consumers learn of great sites to access, and allow marketers to generate more traffic to their World Wide Web sites.CONTACT: Daniel Hopsicker, Economic TelevisionTel: +1-800-264-0920e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ ctrl To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[CTRL] Fwd: [cia-drugs] Attack in The Guardian of Sanders Research
-Caveat Lector- www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ ctrl To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om --- Begin Message --- -Caveat Lector- http://talk.workunlimited.co.uk/ukraine/story/0,15569,1362616,00.html PR man to Europe's nastiest regimes David AaronovitchTuesday November 30, 2004The Guardian Whenever, as this past week, eastern Europe is on the news, so too is a man called John Laughland. Last Sunday he was playing Ukrainian expert on the BBC's The World This Weekend, the day before he was here in the Guardian defending the Ukrainian election "result", and at the beginning of the month he was writing for the Spectator - also on Ukraine. Laughland's great strength is that he sees what no one else in the west seems to. Where reporters in Kiev, including the Guardian's own Nick Paton-Walsh, encounter a genuine democracy movement, Laughland comes across "neo-Nazis" (Guardian), or "druggy skinheads from Lvov" (Spectator). And where most observers report serious and specific instances of electoral fraud and malpractice on the part of the supporters of the current prime minister, Laughland complains only of a systematic bias against (the presumably innocent) Mr Yanukovich. A quick trawl establishes this to be the Laughland pattern over the past few years and concerning several countries. Laughland has variously queried the idea that human rights are a problem in Belarus, or that the Serbs behaved so very savagely in Kosovo. He has defended Slobodan Milosevic, criticised the International Tribunal in the Hag ue and generally argued that the problem in countries normally associated with human rights abuses is, in fact, the intervention of western agencies. It was the British Helsinki Human Rights Group hat that he was wearing last Sunday. On its website the BHHRG - of which Laughland is a trustee - describes itself as a non-governmental organisation which monitors human rights in the 57 member states of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Laughland is listed as a trustee, the historian Mark Almond (to be found writing about the Ukraine in last week's New Statesman) is its chairman. Founded in 1992, the BHHRG sends observers to elections and writes reports which - along Laughlandish lines - almost invariably dispute the accounts given by better known human rights organisations. This stance has led to the BHHRG being criticised by the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (established in 1976) as preferring "the role [is to take] PR flak for a new breed of authoritarian rulers in Europe" to the business of actually monitoring abuses. So what on earth is going on here? I know nothing about BHHRG's finances, but the ideological trail is fascinating. Take the co-founder of the group, Christine Stone. She was a lawyer before she helped set up BHHRG. Since then she has "written for a number of publications including the Spectator and Wall Street Journal on eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union". This information comes from a US website called Antiwar.com where, for a while, Stone had a regular Thursday column. But Antiwar.com was not a leftwing site opposing the Iraq war. It was a rightwing site set up to oppose the Kosovo intervention in 1999. Its "editorial director" was a man called Justin Raimondo who was active in the small US Libertarian party before joining the Republican party. In the 1992, 1996 and 2000 elect ions he supported the campaigns of Pat Buchanan, the far-right isolationist candidate. Raimondo is also an "adjunct scholar" with the Ludwig von Mises Institute. This is a libertarian think-tank in Auburn, Alabama, founded by one Lew Rockwell, who describes himself as "an opponent of the central state, its wars and its socialism". A contributor to Rockwell's own site is Daniel McAdams, who is - in his own words "honoured to be associated" with the British Helsinki Human Rights Group. Trail 2. Lau
[CTRL] Fwd: Princes of Plunder
-Caveat Lector- www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ ctrl To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om --- Begin Message --- -Caveat Lector- "Princes of Plunder" Uploaded to my website today - www.deepblacklies.co.uk ---Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).Version: 6.0.804 / Virus Database: 546 - Release Date: 30/11/04 www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ ctrl To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om --- End Message ---
Re: [CTRL] Lee Harvey Malvo
-Caveat Lector- What is this? Nothing substantial or factual just emotive issues used to try to discredit and divide. Peace, Om K In a message dated 12/2/04 11:47:01 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: "Who would believe a guy who calls himself Lee Harvey Malvo?" - Linda Minor "K., Isn't that a pedophile from Monterey in your trunk?" - Alex Constantine ctrl To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om 2">
[CTRL] 2 Breaking Topics re ElectionGate
-Caveat Lector- Forwarded with Compliments of Free Voice of America (FVOA): Accurate News and Interesting Commentary for Amerika's Huddled Masses Yearning to Breathe Free. From: s culver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: December 3, 2004 3:40:49 PM GMT+07:00 2 Breaking Topics re ElectionGate (1) Cliff Arnebeck video (2) House Judiciary Committee letter to Blackwell kicks ass both topics below are snipped from this page/thread: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/12/2/2281/71015 (1) 30 min CSpan Video on Ohio Litigation Lawyer in OH Recount Suit: We Have Evidence of Fraud by LawStudent Thu Dec 2nd, 2004 at 19:08:01 PST ... there was a pretty lengthy interview on C-Span today with Cliff Arnebeck, an attorney for Alliance for Democracy, who is going to file a suit tomorrow in Ohio challenging the election result. This is different from demanding a recount. This organization is actually saying it believes--BASED ON EVIDENCE--that the election result is INCORRECT. Mr. Arnebeck said they have evidence that shows the election result was actually the opposite of what's been reported. He says that Kerry won 51% of the vote in OH, and he seems to claim he can prove it. I have no idea about the validity of this claim, but I can say this is the first time I've heard a lawyer involved in this fracas saying they have evidence of fraud. Listen to it yourself and tell me what you think. Go to www.cspan.org under "Recent Programs" and click on "Washington Journal Entire Program (12/02/04)" direct link: http://www.c-span.org/search/basic.asp?ResultStart=1&ResultCount=10&BasicQue ryText=Cliff+Arnebeck+&image1.x=24&image1.y=13 Cliff Arnebeck, Nat'l Co-Chairman, Alliance for Democracy Cliff Arnebeck, National Co-Chairman for the Alliance for Democracy and counsel in a lawsuit challenging the presidential election in Ohio, discusses the legal challenges to the 2004 vote in Ohio. 12/2/2004: WASHINGTON, DC: 30 min. Washington Journal Entire Program -- Here's a transcript of the relevant parts... (4.00 / 6) "The only logical explanation is that there was a movement of some 65,000 votes or so that were cast for Kerry into the Bush column. Which created a margin that is approximately the total margin by which Bush was reported to have won Ohio. So our current view of the evidence is that this is where the fix occurred. "There were a variety of other problems in the election. There was the suppression of black voters in Franklin Co. by shorting machines in black and high Democratic performance districts. There was what we would call a precinct shuffle in Summit Co. and Cuyahuga Co. where a deliberate confusion was created about where people could vote. They cast their provisional ballots...there were election officials were telling them that they could vote in any precinct of the county and it would be counted. And then you've got Blackwell saying they won't be counted. "Our present feeling is that this is, while a serious conspiracy to violate the civil rights of a protected class of voters namely those of the black race, that this is not where the real fix occurred. This is something we will discuss in the lawsuit, but we intend to focus very, to hone in very aggressively in full tilt litigation with full discovery on what we believe is the fraud that occurred in the southern part of the state with the shift of votes. "Look at the two races. In effect the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court race is a benchmark race for the presidential race because both of these races were competitive, they were running neck and neck. All right so this gives you a basis to say "all right what happened in this situation and how does it relate to the other, the benchmark." Now a more ingenious approach might have been if you're going to do this you should have made the adjustment also in the Supreme Court race too, so this wouldn't stand out. This stands out like a sore thumb. I think what happened is, all this civil rights violation was a red herring intended to stimulate the public interest groups and civil rights organizations to hone in on this, on this horrendous, horrendous attack on the rights of black voters. They thought that's what we would go after, the clock would run out, we wouldn't be able to prove our case. The real fraud occurred in this switching of votes in southern Ohio. That's our present view of the evidence." - Excerpt from Olberman Blog Cobb, Badnarik, Arnebeck, and everybody else actually has more time than they think. I addressed this topic with the wonderfully knowledgeable George Washington University Constitutional Law professor, Jonathan Turley, back on Countdown on November 9th. He noted the election process is a little slower-- and has one more major loophole-- than is generally known. It begins on December 7th, the date "when you essentially certify your electors... it gives a presumption
[CTRL] Fwd: [VoterMarch] Exciting Update and Urgent Actions
-Caveat Lector- www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ ctrl To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om --- Begin Message --- -Caveat Lector- ADVERTISEMENT My Groups | VoterMarch Main Page Consider taking a few minutes to send a few email and/or calls to preserve democracy: THIS IS OUR LAST CHANCE! Please post and FORWARD this to all who care about making every vote count! Thanks, Cheryl In this post(1) Update: Kerry joins lawsuit to protect recount with Greens. Obstacles to real, thorough recount to count every vote (and which could potentially change election results). (2)New Kerry Action from Insider Legal Source: to increase legal standing to defend and expedite recount he must ask for HIS OWN recount since Green effort to expedite recount failed due to lack of "harm" suffered if recount was inadequate (3)New Blackwell Action:There is new effort to write AGAIN and call Fri and Mon even if your've done it before: it's now or never! (4)How you can volunteer for recount and share transportation and housing info (5)Help the law firm that is making all of this possible ***you can also find all these actions and more at http://stolenelection2004.com/alerts.html Update: While Kerry is publicly defending the Green recount, inside legal sources tell me he may not have enough legal standing to defend and expedite the recount unless he directly asks for a recount himself instead of just helping the Greens in their recount. Meanwhile Blackwell has dragged his feet and won't certify until the 6th even though the counties have reported its vote totals on the 1st. After the certification,there are two big obstacles to a real thorough manual count. First on the 7th, Blackwell is scheduled to send in the results of the certification and choose electors who would choose Bush for president to represent Ohio. What this means is that there would be a slate of Bush electors from Ohio and if enough legal votes are found for Kerry, there would either have to be a Congressional challenge and Congress would have to vote on whether to replace the Kerry electors with the Bush electors or the Bush electors would have to switch to Kerry, which is possible but rarely happens. As a result, it would be best if Ohio did not recognize this "safe harbor" date which many states ignore and is not supposed to be recognized when an election is being challenged anyway (although that is a matter of interpretation). Second, under Ohio law, the parties have 5 days to decide to join the recount, so the recount cannot start until then--unless all parties--including the Republicans--waive it! There is a legal hearing on Fri, the 3rd to try to stop these two things in order to facilitate the recount that but it might fail. The inside legal source who has been giving me great info said clearly,"the only recourse is public pressure!" That's where you come in. From the information I have gathered from inside legal sources, the key things to do are (1) Call/Write Kerry Campaign and say,"Legal sources say in order to have enough legal standing to defend and expedite recount Kerry must ask directly for a recount instead of just helping the Greens in their recount. I also urge Kerry to do so. In addition, the Kerry,the DNC, and GAO must actively investigate vote fraud in the election ASAP!" You can send Kerry, DNC, and GAO a quick message here Note: While this page says something a little different the sample letter above is using information which is up to date and has been confirmed by legal insiders.http://www.thepen.us/e-fraud.html --If you wanted to do more you can contact: http://www.democrats.org/contact for the DNC ; Kerry Campaign (not sure if still active) 202-712-3000, try ext.5377 ;Ohio Democrats 614-221-6563 (voice) 614-221-0721 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (2)(a)write Blackwell and say something like, "Dear Ohio Secretary of State Blackwell, the recount
[CTRL] Fwd: [cia-drugs] Bankers Murder
-Caveat Lector- www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substanceânot soap-boxingâplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'âwith its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsâis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ ctrl To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om --- Begin Message --- -Caveat Lector- Mystery envelope may hold key to father's doorstep shooting JOHN ROSS Key points Bank manager Alistair Wilson, 30, was shot after opening door to a stranger Police confirm that he was handed mystery envelope shortly before murder Northern Constabulary still to establish motive for murderKey quote "We have still not established a motive. I dont know why Alistair was killed. We are scrutinising closely the scenario that presents itself and enlisting the assistance of experts to analyse that type of thing." - PETER MCPHEE, NORTHERN CONSTABULARYStory in full THE contents of an envelope handed to banker Alistair Wilson before he was gunned down on his doorstep could hold the key to his murder. Police say they have not yet established a motive for the shooting of the father of two who was killed - hitman-style - by a lone gunman using an automatic handgun. Special investigators are examining the financial dealings of Mr Wilson, 30, a new-business manager with the Bank of Scotland in Inverness, and say he may have been the victim of a business grudge. Officers are also looking at the strange sequence of events which led up to Mr Wilsons death outside his home in Crescent Road on Sunday evening shortly after he and his wife put their sons, aged four and two, to bed. Detective Chief Inspector Peter MacPhee of Northern Constabulary said the gunman, wearing a dark blouson jacket and dark baseball cap, first spoke to Mr Wilsons wife, Veronica, and asked for her husband by name. That appears to have ruled out a case of mistaken identity. When Mr Wilson came to the door he was handed the envelope, blue or green in colour, and returned inside for a short time and spoke to his wife before returning to the door and his uninvited caller. Shortly afterwards he was shot twice in the head and once in the body. The gunman, described as stocky, clean-shaven and aged 35-40, then made off towards the Links area in the town and the envelope has not been found. It is believed he took it with him. Mr MacPhee said the envelope was not opened by Mr or Mrs Wilson and its contents were unknown. However, it could be vital to solving the case, with questions about whether it contained money, or a demand for money, other information or documents relating to Mr Wilsons professional career. He was due to finish working for the Bank of Scotland this Friday, before going into business on his own. Mr MacPhee would say only: "We dont know why [Mr Wilson] came back into the house with the envelope or why he went back out. "There was a conversation between Alistair and Veronica when he first came back into the house, details of which I cant disclose just now. "But he then took the decision to go back outside and while he was outside Veronica heard three bangs and found him injured on the doorstep." He said Mrs Wilson did not recognise the gunman and it appeared that her husband did not either. However, a high priority is being given to his business connections to see if they can throw up any clue to the killing. "It will form a significant part of our investigations," said Mr MacPhee. He added: "We have still not established a motive. I dont know why Alistair was killed. We are scrutinising closely the scenario that presents itself and enlisting the assistance of experts to analyse that type of thing." Detective Superintendent Gordon Urquhart, head of the forces CID, again appealed for help in solving the killing: "Anything and everything that people can give us might help to solve this terrible crime. Anything that they know about Mr Wilson, any antagonism towards him, whatever. "We are going to be taking Mr Wilsons life to bits to be honest and looking into his background and his work." As the hunt for the gunman went on
[CTRL] Fwd: [cia-drugs] City of London - Orders of St John fellow killed / Mystery envelope may hold key
-Caveat Lector- www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substanceânot soap-boxingâplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'âwith its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsâis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ ctrl To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om --- Begin Message --- -Caveat Lector- Police teams examine the crime scene in Upper Cheyne Row yesterday - burglary is the suspected motive. Pic: Getty Financier killed as he confronts burglars KAREN MCVEIGH A WEALTHY and highly respected City of London financier was stabbed to death and his wife was left seriously injured after two knife-wielding intruders burst into their multi-million pound townhouse in Chelsea. John Moncktons family were "profoundly shocked" by the murder and described him as an "incredibly gentle and thoughtful man". The couples nine-year-old daughter, Isobel, alerted emergency services after finding her parents fighting for their lives after the incident on Monday night. Detectives believe it could have been an attempted burglary, but were keeping an open mind on the motive for the attack. Yesterday, shocked residents of the exclusive and close-knit area, where actors, rock stars and the aristocracy live next to leading lawyers and businessmen, spoke of a spate of burglaries, robberies and assaults in recent years. Mr Monckton, 49, died in hospital shortly after the attack. His wife, Homeyra, 45, who was also stabbed, was in a stable condition at St Thomas Hospital last night after undergoing "significant surgery" for her injuries. She is not expected to be discharged for a week. The couples other daughter, Sabrina, 12, was at her boarding school, St Marys Ascot, at the time of the murder. She travelled to be with her mother and sister yesterday. A respected director with financial giant Legal and General and a leading City authority on the corporate bond market, Mr Monckton was also well-known for his deeply held religious beliefs and charitable work. The cousin of Rosa Monckton, a close friend of the late Princess Diana and wife of Dominic Lawson, the Sunday Telegraph editor, Mr Monckton came from a well-established Catholic family and was active in the Knights of Malta charity, which helps the poor. Police were called to the Moncktons home, in Upper Cheyne Row, near Albert Bridge, at around 7:35pm on Monday. Detective Superintendent Mark Jackson said it was too early to establish a motive, but Mr Moncktons business affairs and the possibility of burglary were "key lines of inquiry". He added: "The early indications are that two males forced entry into the premises and that is when the offences occurred, and they then decamped from the scene. A murder inquiry has now commenced." Police are looking at CCTV footage as well as doing forensic tests at the scene and making door-to-door inquiries. Several witnesses have come forward; the suspects were seen fleeing down Glebe Place and on towards the Kings Road. Yesterday, many residents of Upper Cheyne Row, a tranquil, residential street full of Grade II listed homes, now sealed off by police tape, said they were "saddened and shocked" by the news. The Moncktons close neighbours include Rolling Stones bass player Bill Wyman, the Marquess of Blandford and several leading financiers. Canon Michael Brockie, of Our Most Holy Redeemer of Saint Thomas More Church opposite the Moncktons home, was with Mr Monckton when he died and comforted his wife yesterday. He said she was recovering well. Canon Brockie described the family as "very close-knit, very dedicated to one another, very private." He said that Mr Monckton, who was on the churchs finance committee, was a "wonderful father and husband" and his death was a "great personal loss, both to me and the parish". The Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-OConnor, also paid tribute to Mr Monckton, a relative of Lord Monckton, the late owner of Catholic newspaper, the Universe. He said he was horrified by news of the murder of "an exceptional and faithful man". Canon B
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-Caveat Lector- http://antiwar.com/justin/ December 3, 2004 Jail the War Party For treason by Justin Raimondo It was very obviously a well-planned operation, executed with military precision: the FBI moved in on a nondescript office building near the Capitol, Wednesday morning, arriving at 10, and staying until past 4. p.m. According to one source, "this was a massive raid the FBI surrounded" the place and carted away a load of evidence. "This is no joke," the source told journalist Laura Rozen. Another raid on an Islamic charity with alleged ties to terrorists? A drug bust? A hit on a child porn ring? No, none of the above: instead, the G-men's target was the Washington headquarters of what Fortune magazine has rated the second most powerful lobbying outfit in the nation's capital: the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). This will make the second time this year that the feds have come knocking on AIPAC's door: the first was in late summer, when the Larry Franklin case first surfaced and was trumpeted on major news media outlets, including CBS. Franklin, mid-level Pentagon official, had been caught red-handed supplying Israeli government officials with classified information via two AIPAC officials, Steven Rosen and Keith Weissman. As the story began to come out, it became apparent that Franklin was just a small fish in a much larger aquarium, and had been scooped up in this web of intrigue almost by accident. As Laura Rozen and Jason Vest relate in The American Prospect: "In late July, as this debate raged, a Pentagon analyst named Larry Franklin telephoned an acquaintance who worked at a pro-Israel lobbying group, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)." Franklin, who works in the policy shop run by the neocons' man on the ground, Douglas Feith, told his AIPAC friend that he was worried about U.S. government inaction in the face of alleged attempts by Iran to penetrate southern Iraq and counter growing Israeli influence in Kurdistan. A meeting was arranged. A few weeks later, as Rosen and Vest report, FBI agents showed up at the door of Franklin's friend, asking about the Iran analyst in what seemed like a routine background check. In truth, the agents were interested in far more than Franklin: the FBI's counterintelligence unit had been eavesdropping on AIPAC for over two years, in what appears to be a wide-ranging and rapidly developing investigation into Israeli penetration of U.S. government agencies. Franklin had been swept up in a massive and ongoing counterintelligence operation aimed at a cabal of high-level Israeli moles. The Franklin affair was leaked to the media, and the FBI, which had been hoping to catch bigger fish than a mid-level analyst, was forced into action: they raided AIPAC's headquarters, copied computer disks belong to Rosen and Weissman, and conducted interviews with a number of employees. Rosen and Weissman soon stopped answering questions, however, and demanded legal counsel. The story gathered headlines for a few days, and then disappeared off the radar screen as quickly and mysteriously as it had appeared until now. In this latest raid, the feds not only carried away bales of evidence, but they also came bearing gifts: four subpoenas summoning AIPAC's executive director, Howard Kohr, managing director Richard Fishman, research director Raphael Danziger, and Renee Rothstein, the group's communications director, to testify before a grand jury. The investigation, formerly conducted by FBI counterintelligence czar David W. Szady, was transferred to the jurisdiction of U.S. attorney Paul J. McNulty, in Alexandria, Virginia: the Financial Times reported, just before the presidential election, that agents were being told to turn down the heat. But the heat is on again, and there is every prospect that it will get much hotter for AIPAC and Israel's amen corner in the U.S. even as the winter cold sets in. The simple reason for a sudden change in the weather is that, as one official put it, "This is no joke." What is involved here is nothing less than treason a spy ring far more sophisticated and dangerous to U.S. national security than the infamous Jonathan Pollard espionage operation conducted by Israel in the 1980s. The AIPAC spy scandal goes way beyond Franklin, as the Washington Post reported back in the beginning of September: "The FBI probe is actually much broader, according to senior U.S. officials, and has been underway for at least two years. Several sources familiar with the case say the probe now extends to other Pentagon personnel who have a particular interest in assisting both Israel and Chalabi, the former Iraqi dissident who was long a Pentagon favorite but who has fallen out of favor with the U.S. government." Post reporters Robin Wright and Thomas E. Ricks identified "at least two common threads" in this complex and multi-pronged investigation: "First, the FBI is investigating whether the same people passe
